Nature and origin of diagenetic carbonate crusts and concretions from mud volcanoes and pockmarks of the Nile deep-sea fan (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 11-13, 2007, Pages 1292-1311

  Gontharet, S ^a   Pierre, C ^a   Blanc Valleron, M M ^b   Rouchy, J M ^b   Fouquet, Y ^c   Bayon, G ^c   Foucher, J P ^c   Woodside, J ^d   Mascle, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Cold seeps; Diagenetic carbonates; Mud volcanoes; Nile deep sea fan; Oxygen and carbon stable isotopes; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SEA LEVEL; SUBMERSIBLES; VOLCANOES;

CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES; COLD SEEPS; DIAGENETIC CARBONATES; MUD VOLCANOES; NILE DEEP-SEA FAN; POCKMARKS;

CARBONATES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP; CRUST; DIAGENESIS; GYPSUM; MAGNESIUM; MUD VOLCANO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; POCKMARK; SUBMARINE FAN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BELEMNOIDEA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; GORGONACEA;

EID: 34547838176     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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